Almost 200,000 ‘tambay’ fined, charged

The Manila Bulletin reports: “Almost 200,000 people have been either fined or charged since police intensified the campaign against loiterers, or tambay, in Metro Manila since June this year. Director Guillermo Eleazar, chief of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO), said most of those arrested however were just warned being first offenders of several ordinances in Metro Manila which include smoking ban, being topless while hanging out of their homes and drinking in public places.”